Exorcism

Exorcism
Exorcism Level 46 Retribution paladin ability 30 yd range 4% of base mana 15 sec cooldown Instant cast Forcefully attempt to expel the evil from the target with a blast of Holy Light. Causes X Holy damage and generates a charge of Holy Power.
Usable by
Class	Paladin
Properties
Type	Offensive
School	Holy
Cooldown	15 seconds
Other information
Level learned	46
Modified by	[Glyph of Mass Exorcism]
Improvements	[The Art of War]

"LIGHT TAKE YOU, BEAST!" - Inquisitor Hallard

Exorcism is a Retribution paladin ability, available at level 46.

Improvements

• [The Art of War]

• Glyph of Mass Exorcism
• Major Glyph
• Use: Permanently teaches you this glyph.
  
  Reduces the range of Exorcism to melee range, but causes 25% damage to all enemies within 8 yards of the primary target.
• Classes: Paladin
• Requires Level 25
• Sell Price: 1

Equipment sets

• Valorous Aegis Battlegear (level 80) - 2/5 increases the damage done by your Exorcism and Hammer of Wrath abilities by 10%.

Tips and tricks

• Amount of damage dealt by Exorcism is increased by 15% of your attack power and 15% of your Spell power.
• Exorcism is one of the few ranged attacks available to Paladins.

Patch changes

• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now a Retribution specialization ability. Instant cast. No longer guarantees a critical hit against Undead or Demon targets. Now generates Holy Power.
  
• Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Damage has been increased by approximately 50%.
  
• Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04):
  • Now has a 1.5 second cast time, but can once again be used on players.
  • Now properly has a 100% chance to be a critical strike when cast on death knights using [Lichborne].
    
• Patch 3.1.1a (2009-04-28): "..fix[ed] the tooltip to display the appropriate text; it also displays an error message when a player tries to use it against other players."
  
• Patch 3.1.1 (2009-04-21): "..the paladin ability Exorcism cannot damage other players, but the player game client does not display this change properly."
  
• Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): Now can be used on any target and has a 100% chance to be a critical strike when used on Undead and Demons.
  

This is to ensure that paladins do not see a drop in their dps when progressing from Naxxramas (which is full of undead) to Ulduar and beyond (not as much undead). Due to this change, [Glyph of Exorcism] was changed to 20% bonus damage.

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB